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'[[File:Robert Edward Lee.jpg|right|thumb|[[Robert E. Lee]], the most well-known CSA general. Lee is shown with the insignia of a Confederate colonel, which he chose to wear throughout the war.]] The '''[[general officer]]s''' of the [[Confederate States Army]] (CSA) were the senior military leaders of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] during the [[American Civil War]] of 1861–1865. They were often former officers from the [[United States Army]] (the [[Regular Army (United States)|regular army]]) prior to the Civil War, while others were given the rank based on merit or when necessity demanded. Most Confederate generals needed confirmation from the [[Congress of the Confederate States|Confederate Congress]], much like prospective [[General officer|generals]] in the modern U.S. armed forces. Like all of the Confederacy's military forces, these generals answered to their civilian leadership, in particular [[Jefferson Davis]], the South's [[President of the Confederate States of America|president]] and therefore [[commander-in-chief]] of the Army, [[Confederate States Navy|Navy]], and [[Confederate States Marine Corps|Marines]] of the Confederate States. ==History== [[File:Confederate States of America General-collar.svg|right|thumb|CSA general collar insignia.]] Much of the design of the Confederate States Army was based on the structure and customs of the U.S. Army<ref>Eicher pp. 24-5. This resulted from the Confederacy's adoption of the U.S. 'Rules and Regulations of the Army' as their own, just with "Confederate States of America" put in wherever "United States of America" was in its text.</ref> when the Confederate Congress established their War Department on February 21, 1861.<ref name=Eicher23>Eicher, p. 23.</ref> The Confederate Army was composed of three parts; the Army of the Confederate States of America (ACSA, intended to be the permanent, regular army), the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS, or "volunteer" Army, to be disbanded after hostilities), and the various [[Southern United States|Southern state]] [[militia]]s. Graduates from [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] and [[Mexican-American War|Mexican War]] veterans were highly sought after by Jefferson Davis for military service, especially as general officers. Like their [[Union Army|Federal]] counterparts, the Confederate Army had both professional and [[political general]]s within it. Ranks throughout the CSA were roughly based on the U.S. Army in design and seniority.<ref>Eicher, p. 23. "Actually, commissions in the ACSA were usually one grade higher than the former commissions in the U.S. Army, while commissions in the PACS usually amounted to whatever was suggested by the size of the volunteer unit accepted into the Confederate service."</ref> On February 27, 1861, a general staff for the army was authorized, consisting of four positions: an [[adjutant general]], a [[quartermaster general]], a [[commissariat|commissary general]], and a [[Surgeon General of the United States Navy|surgeon general]]. Initially the last of these was to be a staff officer only.<ref name=Eicher23/> The post of adjutant general was filled by [[Samuel Cooper (general)|Samuel Cooper]] (the position he had held as a [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] in the U.S. Army from 1852 until resigning) and he held it throughout the Civil War, as well as the army's [[inspector general]].<ref name=Dupuy190>Dupuy, p. 190.</ref> Initially the Confederate Army commissioned only brigadier generals in both the volunteer and regular services;<ref name=Eicher23/> however, the Confederate Congress quickly passed legislation allowing for the appointment of major generals as well as generals, thus providing clear and distinct seniority over the existing major generals in the various state militias.<ref name=Eicher24>Eicher, p. 24.</ref> On May 16, 1861, when there were only five officers at the grade of brigadier general, this legislation was passed, which stated in part: {{Quote|That the five general officers provided by existing laws for the Confederate States shall have the rank and denomination of 'general', instead of 'brigadier-general', which shall be the highest military grade known to the Confederate States...<ref>Wright, p. 9. Confederate Congress Act of 16 May 1861, section 2.</ref>}} As of September 18, 1862, when lieutenant generals were authorized, the Confederate Army had four grades of general officers; they were (in order of increasing rank) brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, and general.<ref name=Eicher25>Eicher, p. 25</ref> As officers were appointed to the various grades of general by Jefferson Davis (and were confirmed), he would create the promotion lists himself. The dates of rank, as well as seniority of officers appointed to the same grade on the same day, were determined by Davis "usually following the guidelines established for the prewar U.S. Army."<ref name=Eicher807Davis>Eicher, p. 807.</ref> ==Brigadier general== [[File:P G T Beauregard CSA ACW.jpeg|right|thumb|[[P.G.T. Beauregard]], the Confederacy's first brigadier general, later the fifth-ranking general]] These generals were most often [[infantry]] or [[artillery]] [[brigade]] commanders, aides to other higher ranking generals, and War Department staff officers. By war's end the Confederacy had at least 383 different men who held this rank in the PACS, and three in the ACSA: Samuel Cooper, [[Robert E. Lee]], and [[Joseph E. Johnston]].<ref name=Eicher817>Eicher, p. 817.</ref> The organization of [[regiment]]s into brigades was authorized by the Congress on March 6, 1861. Brigadier generals would command them, and these generals were to be nominated by Davis and confirmed by the Confederate Senate.<ref name=Eicher23/> Though close to the Union Army in assignments, Confederate brigadiers mainly commanded brigades while Federal brigadiers sometimes led divisions as well as brigades, particularly in the first years of the war. These generals also often led sub-districts within military departments, with command over soldiers in their sub-district. These generals outranked Confederate Army [[colonel]]s, who commonly led infantry regiments. This rank is equivalent to brigadier general in the modern U.S. army. ==Major general== [[File:Benjamin Huger.jpg|right|thumb|Maj. Gen. [[Benjamin Huger (general)|Benjamin Huger]], CSA]] These generals were most commonly infantry [[division (military)|division]] commanders, aides to other higher ranking generals, and War Department staff officers. They also led the districts that made up military departments, and had command over the troops in their districts. By war's end the Confederacy had at least 88 different men who had held this rank, all in the PACS.<ref name=Eicher810>Eicher, p. 810.</ref> Divisions were authorized by the Congress on March 6, 1861, and major generals would command them. These generals were to be nominated by Davis and confirmed by the Senate.<ref name=Eicher23/> Major generals outranked brigadiers and all other lesser officers. This rank was not synonymous with the Union's use of it, as [[Northern United States|Northern]] major generals led divisions, corps, and entire armies. This rank is equivalent in most respects to major general in the modern U.S. Army. ===Major general line command list=== ''Not further promoted; before 1864'' * {{Smaller|''Abbreviations: KIA&nbsp;&#0061; killed in action, MW&nbsp;&#0061; mortally wounded, NC&nbsp;&#0061; non-combat death''}} {|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%" !colspan=6 style="background-color:#add8e6; border: 3px solid silver; margin-top: 0.2em; padding: 4px;"| Major general line command list |- ! Name ! Date of Rank<ref name=Eicher807Davis/> ! Rank Terminated<ref name=Eicher807Davis/> ! Reason |- | [[David E. Twiggs]] | May 22, 1861 | October 11, 1861 | retired |- | [[Earl Van Dorn]] | September 19, 1861 | May 8, 1863 | murdered, [[Spring Hill, TN]] |- | [[Gustavus Woodson Smith|Gustavus W. Smith]] | September 19, 1861 | February 17, 1863 | resigned |- | [[Benjamin Huger (general)|Benjamin Huger]] | October 7, 1861 | June 12, 1865 | paroled |- | [[John B. Magruder]] | October 7, 1861 | no record | no record |- | [[Mansfield Lovell]] | October 7, 1861 | no record | no record |- | [[George B. Crittenden]] | November 9, 1861 | October 23, 1862 | resigned |- | [[William W. Loring]] | February 15, 1862 | May 1, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Sterling Price]] | March 6, 1862 | no record | no record |- | [[Benjamin F. Cheatham]] | March 10, 1862 | May 1, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Sam Jones (Confederate Army officer)|Sam Jones]] | March 10, 1862 | May 12, 1865 | paroled |- | [[John P. McCown]] | March 10, 1862 | May 12, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Jones M. Withers]] | April 6, 1862 | May 11, 1865 | paroled |- | [[John C. Breckinridge]] | April 14, 1862 | no record | no record |- | [[Thomas C. Hindman]] | April 14, 1862 | no record | no record |- | [[Lafayette McLaws]] | May 23, 1862 | no record | no record |- | [[J.E.B. Stuart]] | July 25, 1862 | May 12, 1864 | [[Mortal wound|MW]], [[Battle of Yellow Tavern]] |- | [[Samuel G. French]] | August 31, 1862 | no record | no record |- | [[George Pickett]] | October 10, 1862 | April 9, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Carter L. Stevenson]] | October 10, 1862 | May 1, 1865 | paroled |- | [[David Rumph Jones|David R. Jones]] | October 11, 1862 | January 15, 1863 | NC, Richmond, VA |- | [[John H. Forney]] | October 27, 1862 | June 20, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Dabney H. Maury]] | November 4, 1862 | May 11, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Martin Luther Smith]] | November 4, 1862 | MAy, 1865 | paroled |- | [[John George Walker|John G. Walker]] | November 8, 1862 | no record | no record |- | [[Arnold Elzey]] | December 4, 1862 | May 9, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Patrick Cleburne]] | December 13, 1862 | Nov 30, 1864 | [[Killed in action|KIA]], [[Battle of Franklin]] |- | [[Franklin Gardner]] | December 13, 1862 | May 11, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Isaac R. Trimble]] | January 18, 1863 | April 16, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Daniel Smith Donelson|Daniel S. Donelson]] | January 17, 1863 | April 17, 1863 | NC, Knoxville, TN |- | [[William H.C. Whiting|W.H.C. Whiting]] | February 28, 1863 | March 10, 1865 | NC, New York City |- | [[Edward Johnson (general)|Edward Johnson]] | February 28, 1863 | July 22, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Robert E. Rodes]] | May 2, 1863 | September 19, 1864 | KIA, [[Third Battle of Winchester]] |- | [[William H.T. Walker|W.H.T. Walker]] | May 23, 1863 | July 22, 1864 | KIA, [[Battle of Atlanta]] |- | [[Henry Heth]] | May 24, 1863 | April 9, 1865 | paroled |- | [[John S. Bowen]] | May 25, 1863 | July 6, 1863 | paroled |- | [[Robert Ransom, Jr.]] | May 26, 1863 | no record | no record |- | [[William Dorsey Pender|Dorsey Pender]] | May 27, 1863 | July 18, 1863 | MW, [[Battle of Gettysburg]] |- | [[Cadmus M. Wilcox]] | August 3, 1863 | April 9, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Jeremy Francis Gilmer|Jeremy F. Gilmer]] | August 3, 1863 | no record | no record |- | [[Fitzhugh Lee]] | August 3, 1863 | April 9, 1865 | paroled |- | [[William Smith (Virginia governor)|William Smith]] | August 12, 1863 | January 1, 1864 | resigned |- | [[Howell Cobb]] | September 9, 1863 | May 18, 1865 | paroled |- | [[John A. Wharton]] | November 10, 1863 | April 6, 1865 | murdered, Houston, TX |- | [[William T. Martin]] | November 10, 1863 | May 11, 1865 | paroled |- |} {{Clear}} ==Lieutenant general== [[File:James Longstreet.jpg|right|thumb|Lt. Gen. [[James Longstreet]], CSA]] There were 18 lieutenant generals in the Confederate Army, and these general officers were often [[corps]] commanders within armies or [[Military district|military department]] heads, in charge of geographic sections and all soldiers in those boundaries. All of the Confederacy's lieutenant generals were in the PACS.<ref name=Eicher810/> The Congress legalized the creation of army corps on September 18, 1862, and directed that lieutenant generals lead them. These generals were to be nominated by Davis and confirmed by the Senate.<ref name=Eicher25/> Lieutenant generals outranked major generals and all other lesser officers. This rank was not synonymous with the Federal use of it; [[Ulysses S. Grant]] was one of only two Federal lieutenant generals during the war, the other being [[Winfield Scott]] who received a promotion to [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] lieutenant general by a special [[Act of Congress]] in 1855. Grant was by the time of his promotion, March 9, 1864, the only Federal lieutenant general in active service. Grant became commander of all the Union armies, answering directly to President [[Abraham Lincoln]] and charged with the task of leading the Union armies to victory over the Confederacy. The CSA lieutenant general rank is roughly equivalent to lieutenant general in the modern U.S. Army. The Confederate Congress passed legislation in May 1864 to allow for "temporary" general officers in the PACS, to be appointed by Jefferson Davis and confirmed by the Senate, and given a non-permanent command by Davis.<ref name="Wright p. 13">Wright, p. 13. Confederate Congress Act of 31 May 1864.</ref> Under this law Davis appointed several officers to fill open positions. [[Richard H. Anderson]] was appointed a "temporary" lieutenant general on May 31, 1864, and given command of the [[First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia|First Corps]] (following the wounding of Lt. Gen. [[James Longstreet]] on May 6 in the [[Battle of the Wilderness|Wilderness]].) With Longstreet's return that October, Anderson reverted to a major general. [[Jubal Anderson Early|Jubal Early]] was appointed a "temporary" lieutenant general on May 31, 1864, and given command of the [[Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia|Second Corps]] (following the reassignment of Lt. Gen. [[Richard S. Ewell]] to other duties) and led it until December 1864, when he too reverted to a major general. Likewise both [[Stephen D. Lee]] and [[Alexander P. Stewart]] were appointed fill to vacancies in the [[Western Theater of the American Civil War|Western Theater]] as "temporary" lieutenant generals, and also reverted to their prior grades as major generals as those assignments ended. However, Lee was nominated a second time for lieutenant general on March 11, 1865, and was confirmed as such five days later .<ref name=Eicher787-8/> ===Lieutenant general line command list=== * {{Smaller|''Abbreviations: KIA&nbsp;&#0061; killed in action, MW&nbsp;&#0061; mortally wounded''}} {|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%" !colspan=6 style="background-color:#add8e6; border: 3px solid silver; margin-top: 0.2em; padding: 4px;"| '''Lieutenant general line command list''' |- !Name !!Date of Rank<ref name=Eicher807Davis/> !!Nominated<ref name=Eicher787-8>Eicher, pp. 787-8.</ref> !!Confirmed<ref name=Eicher787-8/> !!Rank Terminated<ref name=Eicher807Davis/> !!Reason<ref name=Eicher807Davis/> |- | [[James Longstreet]] | October 9, 1862 | October 10, 1862 | October 11, 1862 | April 9, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Edmund Kirby Smith]] | October 9, 1862 | October 10, 1862 | October 11, 1862 | February 19, 1864 | promoted to general |- | [[Leonidas Polk]] | October 10, 1862 | October 10, 1862 | October 11, 1862 | June 14, 1864 | [[Killed in action|KIA]], [[Pine Mountain (Cobb County, Georgia)|Pine Mountain]] |- | [[Theophilus H. Holmes]] | October 10, 1862 | October 10, 1862 | October 11, 1862 | May 1, 1865 | paroled |- |- | [[William J. Hardee]] | October 10, 1862 | October 10, 1862 | October 11, 1862 | May 1, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Stonewall Jackson]] | October 10, 1862 | October 10, 1862 | October 11, 1862 | May 10, 1863 | MW, [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]] |- | [[John C. Pemberton]] | October 10, 1862 | October 10, 1862 | October 13, 1862 | May 18, 1864 | resigned |- | [[Richard S. Ewell]] | May 23, 1863 | May 23, 1863 | February 2, 1864 | July 19, 1865 | paroled |- | [[A. P. Hill|A.P. Hill]] | May 24, 1863 | May 23, 1863 | January 15, 1864 | April 2, 1865 | KIA, [[Siege of Petersburg|Petersburg]] |- | [[Daniel Harvey Hill|Daniel H. Hill]] | July 11, 1863 | ? | withdrawn | October 15, 1863 | Rift with General Bragg after the [[Battle of Chickamauga|Battle of Chattanooga]] |- | [[John Bell Hood]] | September 20, 1863 | February 1, 1864 | February 4, 1864 | May 31, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Richard Taylor (general)|Richard Taylor]] | April 8, 1864 | May 14, 1864 | May 16, 1864 | May 11, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Jubal Anderson Early|Jubal Early]] | May 31, 1864 | May 31, 1864 | May 31, 1864 | no record | no record |- | [[Richard H. Anderson]] | May 31, 1864 | May 31, 1864 | May 31, 1864 | no record | no record |- | [[Alexander P. Stewart]] | June 23, 1864 | June 23, 1864 | February 20, 1865 | May 1, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Stephen D. Lee]] | June 23, 1864 | March 11, 1865 | March 16, 1865 | May 1, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr.|Simon B. Buckner]] | September 20, 1864 | September 20, 1864 | January 17, 1865 | June 9, 1865 | paroled |- | [[Wade Hampton III|Wade Hampton]] | February 14, 1865 | February 14, 1865 | February 15, 1865 | no record | no record |- | [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] | February 28, 1865 | March 2, 1865 | March 2, 1865 | May 10, 1865 | paroled<ref name=Eicher808>Eicher, p. 808.</ref> |} ==General (Full general)== [[File:Samuel Cooper (général).jpg|right|thumb|Gen. [[Samuel Cooper (general)|Samuel Cooper]], CSA]] Originally five officers in the South were appointed to the rank of general, and only two more would follow. These generals occupied the senior posts in the Confederate Army, mostly [[Field army|entire army]] or military department commanders, and advisers to Jefferson Davis. This rank is equivalent to general in the modern U.S. Army, and the grade is often referred to in modern writings as "full general" to help differentiate it from the generic term "general" meaning simply "general officer".<ref>The usage of the somewhat incorrect term "full general" is very unofficial, but commonly occurs in modern military writings; referring to a colonel as "full" and/or "bird" colonel (as compared to a lieutenant colonel, who ranks behind them) in U.S. forces also occurs.</ref> All Confederate generals were enrolled in the ACSA to ensure that they outranked all militia officers,<ref name=Eicher24/> except for [[Edmund Kirby Smith]], who was appointed general late in the war and into the PACS. [[P. G. T. Beauregard|P.G.T. Beauregard]], had also initially been appointed a PACS general but was elevated to ACSA two months later with the same date of rank.<ref>Eicher, p. 787.</ref> These generals outranked all other grades of generals, as well as all lesser officers in the Confederate States Army. The first group of officers appointed to general were [[Samuel Cooper (general)|Samuel Cooper]], [[Albert Sidney Johnston]], [[Robert E. Lee]], [[Joseph E. Johnston]], and [[P.G.T. Beauregard]], with their seniority in that order. This ordering caused Cooper, a staff officer who would not see combat, to be the senior general officer in the CSA. That seniority strained the relationship between Joseph E. Johnston and Jefferson Davis. Johnston had been the only general officer in the U.S. Army who left for the South, so he considered himself the senior officer in the Confederate States Army and resented the ranks that Davis had authorized. However, his position in the U.S. Army was staff, not line, which was evidently a criterion for Davis regarding seniority and rank in the Confederate Army.<ref name=Eicher69>Eicher, p. 69.</ref> On February 17, 1864, legislation was passed to allow Davis to appoint an officer to command the [[Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War|Trans-Mississippi Department]], with the rank of general in the PACS. Edmund Kirby Smith was the only officer appointed to this position.<ref>Wright, p. 12.</ref> [[Braxton Bragg]] was appointed a general in the ACSA with a date of rank of April 6, 1862, the day his commanding officer Albert Sidney Johnston died in combat.<ref>Eicher, p. 141.</ref> The Congress passed legislation in May 1864 to allow for "temporary" general officers in the PACS, to be appointed by Davis and confirmed by the Senate, and given a non-permanent command by Davis.<ref name="Wright p. 13"/> [[John Bell Hood]] was appointed a "temporary" general on July 18, 1864, the date he took command of the [[Army of Tennessee]] in the [[Atlanta Campaign]], but this appointment was not confirmed by the Congress, and he reverted to his rank of lieutenant general in January 1865.<ref>Eicher, p. 303.</ref> In March 1865, Hood's status was spelled out by the Confederate Senate, which stated: {{Quote|Resolved, That General J. B. Hood, having been appointed General, with temporary rank and command, and having been relieved from duty as Commander of the Army of Tennessee, and not having been reappointed to any other command appropriate to the rank of General, he has lost the rank of General, and therefore cannot be confirmed as such.<ref>Wright, p. 13. Confederate Senate Resolution, 16 March 1865.</ref>}} ===General line command list=== * {{Smaller|''Abbreviations: KIA&nbsp;&#0061; killed in action''}} {|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%" !colspan=6 style="background-color:#add8e6; border: 3px solid silver; margin-top: 0.2em; padding: 4px;"| '''General line command list''' |- !Name !!Date of Rank<ref name=Eicher807Davis/> !!Nominated<ref name=Eicher787-8>Eicher, pp. 787-8.</ref> !!Confirmed<ref name=Eicher787-8/> !!Rank Terminated<ref name=Eicher807Davis/> !!Reason<ref name=Eicher807Davis/> |- || [[Samuel Cooper (general)|Samuel Cooper]] || May 16, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || May 3, 1865 || paroled |- || [[Albert Sidney Johnston]] || May 30, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || April 6, 1862 || KIA, [[Battle of Shiloh|Shiloh]] |- || [[Robert E. Lee]] || June 14, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || April 9, 1865 || paroled |- || [[Joseph E. Johnston]] || July 4, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || May 2, 1865 || paroled |- || [[P. G. T. Beauregard|P.G.T. Beauregard]] || July 21, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || August 31, 1861 || May 1, 1865 || paroled |- || [[Braxton Bragg]] || April 6, 1862 || April 12, 1862 || April 12, 1862 || May 10, 1865 || paroled |- || [[Edmund Kirby Smith]] || August 21, 1862 || February 19, 1864 || May 11, 1864 || May 17, 1865 || paroled |- |} Note that during 1863, Beauregard, Cooper, J. Johnston, and Lee all had their ranks re-nominated on February 20 and then re-confirmed on April 23 by the Confederate Congress.<ref name=Eicher787-8/> This was in response to debates on February 17 about whether confirmations made by the provisional legislature needed re-confirmation by the permanent legislature, which was done by an Act of Congress issued two days later.<ref name=Eicher26>Eicher, p. 26.</ref> ==General-in-Chief== {{main|General-in-Chief of the Confederate States Army}} ==Militia generals== {{Main|Militia Act of 1792}} The Southern states had had militias in place since [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] times consistent with the U.S. Militia Act of 1792. They went by varied names such as State "Militia" or "Armies" or "Guard" and were activated and expanded when the Civil War began. These units were commanded by "Militia Generals" to defend their particular state, and sometimes did not leave native soil to fight for the Confederacy. The Confederate militias used the general officer ranks of Brigadier General and Major General. The regulations in the Act of 1792 provided for two classes of militia, divided by age. Class one was to include men from 22 to 30 years old, and class two would include men from 18 to 20 years as well as from 31 to 45 years old.<ref name=Eicher70>Eicher, p. 70.</ref> The various southern states were each using this system when the war began. ==Uniform insignia== {{Main|Ranks and insignia of the Confederate States}} All Confederate generals wore the same uniform insignia regardless of which rank of general they were,<ref>Eicher, p. 69. The original regulations for uniforms were issued at the time that only brigadier generals were authorized by Congress. These regulations apparently were never reissued when the higher ranks of generals were authorized at later dates.</ref> except for Robert E. Lee who wore the uniform of a Confederate colonel. The only visible difference was the button groupings on their uniforms; groups of three buttons for lieutenant and major generals, and groups of two for brigadier generals. [[File:General Joseph Reid Anderson.jpg|right|thumb|225px|[[Joseph Reid Anderson]] in a CSA brigadier general's uniform.]] {| style="padding:5px; margin:0 12px 12px 0; border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#f7f8ff; text-align:center; font-size:95%;" ! Rank ! Collar insignia ! Sleeve insignia ! Buttons |- | General |rowspan="4"| [[File:Confederate States of America General-collar.svg|150px|General (all grades)]]<br />(all grades) |rowspan="4"| [[File:Confederate States of America General-Staff Officer.svg|113px|General (all grades)]]<br />(all grades) |- | Lieutenant General || LtGen: Groups of three buttons |- | Major General || MajGen: Groups of three buttons |- | Brigadier General || BrigGen: Groups of two buttons |- |} To the right is a picture of the CSA general's full uniform, in this case of Brig. Gen. [[Joseph R. Anderson]] of the Confederacy's Ordnance Department. All of the South's generals wore uniforms like this regardless of which grade of general they were, and all with gold colored embroidering. ==Pay== The general officers of the Confederate Army were paid for their services, and exactly how much (in [[Confederate States of America dollar|Confederate dollars (CSD)]]) depended on their rank and whether they held a field command or not. On March 6, 1861, when the army only contained brigadier generals, their pay was $301 CSD monthly, and their [[aide-de-camp]] lieutenants would receive an additional $35 CSD per month beyond regular pay. As more grades of general officer were added, the pay scale was adjusted. By June 10, 1864, a general received $500 CSD monthly, plus another $500 CSD if they led an army in the field. Also by that date lieutenant generals got $450 CSD and major generals $350 CSD, and brigadiers would receive $50 CSD in addition to regular pay if they served in combat.<ref>Katcher, p. 60.</ref> ==Legacy== The CSA lost more general officers killed in combat than the Union Army did throughout the war, in the ratio of about 5-to-1 for the South compared to roughly 12-to-1 in the North.<ref>Foote, p.1040. Of 583 Union general officers, 47 killed due to combat; of 425 CSA general officers, 77 fell.</ref> The most famous of whom is General [[Stonewall Jackson|Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson]], probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee.<ref>[http://www.civilwarhome.com/jackbio.htm Jackson biography at Civil War Home].</ref> Jackson's death was the result of a [[friendly fire]] incident at [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]] on the night of May 2, 1863. Replacing these fallen generals was an ongoing problem during the war, often having men promoted beyond their abilities (a common criticism of officers such as [[John Bell Hood]]<ref>Dupuy, p.346. "an excellent brigade and divisional commander, he was out of his depth with larger commands."</ref> and [[George Pickett|George E. Pickett]],<ref>Dupuy, p. 597. "his abilities were not suited to directing larger forces, as demonstrated at Five Forks."</ref> but an issue for both armies), or gravely wounded in combat but needed, such as [[Richard S. Ewell]].<ref>Dupuy, p. 244. "but it was a mark of the South's desperation for able leaders that a man with his disabilities should have spent so much time on active campaign."</ref> The problem was made more difficult by the South's depleting manpower, especially near the war's end. The last Confederate general in the field, [[Stand Watie]], surrendered on June 23, 1865, and the war's last surviving general, [[Edmund Kirby Smith]], died on March 28, 1893.<ref>Dupuy, p.406.</ref> James Longstreet died on January 2, 1904, and was considered "the last of the high command of the Confederacy."<ref>Warner, p. 193.</ref> The Confederate Army's system of using four grades of general officers is currently the same rank structure used by the U.S. Army (in use since shortly after the Civil War), and is also the system used by the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] (in use since [[World War II]].) ==See also== {{Portal|American Civil War}} * [[List of American Civil War generals (Union)]] * [[List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)]] * [[List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)]] * [[List of American Civil War generals (Acting Confederate)]] * [[General officers in the United States]] ==Notes== {{Reflist|2}} ==References== * Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, and Bongard, David L., ''Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography'', Castle Books, 1992, 1st Ed., ISBN 0-7858-0437-4. * Eicher, John H., and [[David J. Eicher|Eicher, David J.]], ''Civil War High Commands'', Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. * [[Shelby Foote|Foote, Shelby]], ''[[The Civil War: A Narrative]]: Vol. III Red River to Appomattox'', Vintage Books, 1986, ISBN 0-394-74622-8. * Katcher, Philip, ''The Army of Robert E. Lee'', Sterling Publishing Co., 1994, ISBN 1-85409-174-3. * Warner, Ezra J., ''Generals in Gray: The Lives of the Confederate Commanders'', Louisiana State University Press, 1959, ISBN 0-8071-3150-4. * [[Marcus Joseph Wright|Wright, Marcus J.]], ''General Officers of the Confederate Army'', J. M. Carroll & Co., 1983, ISBN 0-8488-0009-5. ==Further reading== * [[Clement A. Evans|Evans, Clement A.]], ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=WJtYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPP1,M1 Confederate Military History — Volume I]'', Confederate Publishing Company, 1899, Atlanta, Ga., facsimile reprint by The National Historical Society, 2008. {{American Civil War |expanded=Leaders}} [[Category:Confederate States Army generals| ]] [[Category:Confederate States Army]] [[Category:Lists of American military personnel]] [[Category:American Civil War-related lists]]'